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Article: Michelangelo
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Michelangelo
Born: March 6, 1475
Caprese, Italy
Died: February 18, 1564
Rome, Italy
Italian artist
Michelangelo was one of the greatest sculptors of the Italian Renaissance and one of its greatest painters and architects.
Early life
Michelangelo Buonarroti was born on March 6, 1475, in Caprese, Italy, a village where his father, Lodovico Buonarroti, was briefly serving as a Florentine government agent. The family moved back to Florence before Michelangelo was one month old. Michelangelo's mother died when he was six. From his childhood Michelangelo was drawn to the arts, but his father considered this pursuit below the family's social status and tried to discourage him. However, ...
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Article: Searching out the sights associated with Michelangelo in ...
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);
May 20, 2001 ;
700+ words
... ... We're going to Florence, Italy, this summer ... I'm such a fan of Michelangelo's I want to see everything ... contains some works of Michelangelo in addition to Botticelli ... the cathedral) is Michelangelo's last, and unfinished ... Pieta," one of two in Florence (the other is at the ...
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